Tag Archives | public health

Let’s talk bacteria on cell phones, but first, a story: A young woman was walking slowly down the busy New York City sidewalk. Her head was down and her eyes were glued to her phone as she typed something on the keyboard. I was walking in the other direction. I could have moved, but I […]

Andy is a friend and internationally recognized expert on all things radiation. He’s the former in-house radiation/nuclear expert for NYPD’s Counter-terrorism unit and travels all over the world giving lectures on all things radiation and nuclear. I will include his impressive bio at the end of this piece, as well as a link to his […]

From nuclear war to mass shootings, we worry about a lot of things that could kill a lot of people. I mostly worry about emerging infectious diseases or EIDs. It could be a vector-borne disease, like ones transmitted by mosquitoes. Dengue fever is an example. It could be a zoonotic disease, or one that jumps […]

I’m a little late with these! Here are the top 3 wellness headlines for the week, as picked out by my dog, our chief Blooming Wellness mascot, Barnaby. 😉 These are 3 very short videos from my Instagram page, but I promise you’ll learn something by watching each. Drinking makes you live longer? Nuts and […]

BOOM. And after watching this, instead of panicking and posting nonsense to Facebook, consider donating to some of the organizations actually doing something to battle the disease and contain the outbreak. Just a suggestion! 😉

Hi everyone! About 2 years ago I invested in a not-so-cheap air purifier. It’s rather huge and sits on top of a filing cabinet in my apartment. It sort of looks like a souvenir from an abandoned spaceship. It totally doesn’t blend in well, unless I throw laundry on top of it. 😉 My original […]